South Korean test kit makers swamped as coronavirus cases explode in US, Europe

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Last year, South Korean biotech firm SolGent made diagnostic kits for 300,000 tests. Today, it is churning out more than that in a week, and ...

FILE PHOTO: Materials for a rapid test kit for coronavirus are displayed at a laboratory in Ankara, Turkey, March 21, 2020. Turkish Health Ministry/Handout via REUTERSSEOUL, South Korea: Last year, South Korean biotech firm SolGent made diagnostic kits for 300,000 tests. Today, it is churning out more than that in a week, and production will further rise to 400,000 coronavirus tests next week.

"The number of orders is simply astonishing. This is not something we have ever experienced before," he said.READ: US has most COVID-19 cases in the world Despite shipping test kits to countries around the world and individual US states and private labs, no Korean firm has won US Food and Drug Administration approval for emergency use, although SolGent and several others have applications pending, company officials have told Reuters."The biggest hurdle when it comes to the United States is getting the FDA approval," You said, saying the approval would expedite its exports to the US market.

 

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